The body of former commandant of Kenya Police College, Kiganjo, Bernard Kimeli being loaded into an ambulance April 27, 2011. He was found murdered in his Muguga Green home in Nairobi by unknown assailants. PHOEBE OKALL
A former commandant of the Kenya Police College, Kiganjo, was found dead at his Nairobi home Wednesday.
Mr Bernard Kimeli Kemey was found with stab wounds to the chest in Muguga Green estate, Westlands.
He retired in 2008 as deputy commissioner of police 1, just a rank below Kenya’s police boss.
Preliminary investigations showed he stayed up late the previous night watching football on TV with his son.
The son is said to have left the main house after the match and was asleep at adjacent quarters when the killing occurred.
He found out his father was dead after dawn and informed the police.
Criminal Investigations Director Ndegwa Muhoro was among senior officers who visited the scene of crime.
The body was found sprawled on the floor and detectives who attended the scene said there was an indication of struggle between Mr Kimeli and those who attacked him.
“This is a murder incident. The retired senior officer was watching football. He was alone in the house at the moment. There was no break in,” said Mr Muhoro.
Preliminary investigations showed the attackers may have entered the compound after cutting a hole in the hedge.
Separately, two men were gunned by police outside the Tumaini supermarket in Pipeline.
An AK- 47 assault rifle and a homemade gun were found on the victims who police described as gangsters.
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